Alois: life-affirming energies infused with deep melancholy
Welcome to Alois! The Swiss band have created their own world of dance-oriented art pop. Alois came from jazz and relish playing out. Last month the band gave an energetic performance at ESNS to prove that.
Stan Forebee x Axian: A tribute to the commuting lifestyle
“Daily Routines” from Stan Forebee and Axian is a a tribute to the commuting lifestyle from not so long ago. The energetic, powerful but meditative mood reflects the longing of people to start settling back into a ‘new’ normal life.
A spirited alliance: Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes
With the album “Heritage of the Invisible II” Aquiles Navarro & Tcheser Holmes share a volume of their story in rich color – a brilliantly imagined testament to generations of memory, creation and existential joy.
From the Beat Scientist Makaya McCraven
The new album “Universal Beings E&F Sides” is an addendum to Makaya McCraven’s critically-acclaimed 2018 release “Universal Beings.” It presents 14 new pieces of organic beat music cut from the original sessions.
A joyful work with deep roots: “Sons of Ethiopia”
“Sons of Ethiopia” from Admas is a fascinating piece of the Ethiopian musical puzzle. Emerging from the community of Ethiopian exiles who had been scattered to the winds by the brutality of the Derg dictatorship, the album was in 1984 the sound of a new generation.
The revolutionary cry resonates in “La Tour Du Pouvoir”
“Tric!”, the title of the first track of “La Tour Du Pouvoir” means “strike” in old Lyonnais dialect and would be heard in the rallying cries of the printer’s revolt in 1539. The same cry for liberty was shared by oppressed African-Americans and “canuts” (silkworkers from Lyon).
Now playing at our stream playlist: Corn on My Dinnerplate!
The concept of Corn on My Dinnerplate is simple and powerful: Seven friends from Chicago making music together and disseminating a culture of Corn. Single “Arizona” is the latest product of this creative collective.
MUDDY GREASE
Jazz, fusion, funk
“In Search Of The Lost City Of The Monkey God” A jazz album as a collection of movie scenes
The Sorcerers began working on the new album during the winter of 2018 and it was during the writing sessions for this album that the concept for the LP began to take shape.
Twinkling percussion, smooth instrumentation, and a late-night aesthetic: Floral Couches
Floral Couches is the sexy solo moniker of Chicago musician and songwriter Cody Gray. After creating lofi fever dream sounds with synthesizers on his last album, Electric Fever, Cody returns more than a year later with the R&B and Jazz influenced pop EP, ‘glitter’.